What happened: Following the Soviet Union blockade of West Berlin, the United States airlifted food, water and medicine to the blockaded region. The airlifts continued for a year until the Soviet Union lifted the blockade on May 11, 1949.

What happened: A United States U-2 spy plane is shot down in Soviet Union airspace. The U.S. government attempts to cover up the incident, but the plane's pilot, Francis Gary Powers, is captured by Soviet forces after parachuting to safety.

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